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100 1 _aMan, John,
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245 1 0 _aSamurai :
_bthe last warrior : a history /
_cJohn Man.
250 _aFirst U.S. edition.
264 1 _aNew York, New York :
_bWilliam Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers,
_c[2014]
264 4 _c©2014
300 _axiii, 321, 16 pages, [16] unnumbered pages of plates :
_billustrations, maps ;
_c21 cm
336 _atext
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337 _aunmediated
_2rdamedia
338 _avolume
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500 _a"Originally published in slightly different form in the United Kingdom in 2011 by Transworld Publishers."--Title page verso.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 301-304) and index.
500 _aIncludes "P.S. Insights, interviews & more-- " (16 pages following page 321).
520 _a"In Samurai, celebrated author John Man provides a unique and captivating look at their true history, told through the life of one man: Saigo Takamori, known to many as 'the last samurai.' In 1877, Takamori led a rebel army of samurai in a heroic 'last stand' against the Imperial Japanese Army, who sought to end the 'way of the sword' in favor of firearms and modern warfare."--Back cover.
505 0 _aList of maps -- Preface -- Note on transliteration and dating -- Prologue: Out of the Volcano: -- Way of the warrior: beginnings -- Young life transformed -- Way of the warrior: a short history of swords -- Coming of the Americans -- Way of the warrior: cutting the belly -- New world, new life -- Way of the warrior: Bushido -- Death I Kinko Bay -- Exile, and a new life -- Brief taste of power -- Prisoner -- Into the maelstrom -- Unhappy revolutionary -- Accidental rebel -- Failure at Kumamoto -- Retreat -- Long road to death -- Saigo's last stand -- Transfiguration -- Acknowledgments -- Bibliography -- Photo credits -- Index.
600 1 0 _aSaigoÌ, Takamori,
_d1828-1877.
650 0 _aSamurai
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650 0 _aSwordplay
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650 0 _aMartial arts
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651 0 _aJapan
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_yTo 1868.
651 0 _aJapan
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_yMeiji period, 1868-1912.
600 1 7 _aSaigoÌ, Takamori,
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648 7 _aTo 1912
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